Poems by Themis

Age after Age

Age after age the cosmic scripts unfold

The secret destinies of timeless earths,

Changeless and changing through a myriad births,

Through giant undulations that break and mould

Stupendous mountain-strengths, the great gods' hold,

And unseen rooted powers chained in night,

Refashion scrolls of the designing Light,

And trace new lines for the life-charts unrolled.

Age after age — and the flying stars return

And turn the karmic gyres and whorls of flame,

Vast rings of fire that build, and once more burn,

Revolving fates, the same and never the same.

The spirit's titan Will splits all apart

To reveal the worlds of Beauty in its Heart.

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